Madonna grabbed headlines with the controversial lip-locks at August's
(03) MTV Video Music Awards, but little Lourdes was taken away immediately
after appearing as a flower girl at the performance.

Madonna explains, "As soon as she got off stage, she was whisked away in
a car and went home. "So, she doesn't know anything."

The OPEN YOUR HEART megastar - currently promoting the release of her
second children's book MR PEABODY'S APPLES - also defended the controversial
kisses, which grabbed the headlines all over the world.

She adds, "(They were) ironic, because I was playing the groom and I had
two brides, so we were operating at many levels.